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(No ModeL) G. YULE &; W. A. BAGLIN.

ENDLESS TRIMMING FOR HEAD GOV ERINGS.

N0.i49'7,085; Patented May 9, 1893.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIQE.

GEORGE YULE AND WILLIAM A. BAGLIN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; sAID YULE ASSIGNOR TO CARRIE YULE, OF SAME PLACE.

ENDLESS TRIMMING FOR HEAD-COVERINGS.

SPECIFICATION fommng part of Letters Patent No. 497,085, dated May 9, 1893.

Application filed October 10, 1892. Serial No. 443.345. (No specimens.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that we, GEORGE YULE and WILLIAM A. BAGLIN, both citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Endless Trimmings for Head-Coverings, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The object of this invention is to diminish the cost, and improve the appearance and wearing qualities of the trimmings applied to the band or brim of a hat.

Heretofore, the binding upon the edge of a hat brim and the band applied to the crown have been commonly formed of strips of material united at their ends to produce the annular shape required. Seamless bands formed of woven fabric have been produced for application to the crown of the hat; but such bands are liable to be wrinkled or warped by dampness, and to be injured by exposure to wet.

In our invention we form the trimming of an endless and seamless band of felt, which when applied to a felt hat maybe treated the same as the substance of the hat during the.

finishing operation, as it is adapted to finish under the hot iron in the same manner as the body of the hat'. Such seamless felt bands are adapted by the suitable application of heat and moisture to be shrunk upon the brim or crown of the hat, and are not liable to alter their shape or dimensions thereafter, as their substance is of the same nature as the hat itself.

The invention consists substantially in an endless and seamless band of felt made from a body of fur by the process of felting. The body of fur in such cases is deposited by suction upon a perforated surface of flat, conical or cylindrical shape, and is then gradually worked into a close firm felt by heat, moisture and friction, which are applied by hand or machinery as may be preferred.

The invention is applicable to felt hats for either mens or womens wear.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a mans derby hat with one edge broken away to show the application of our seamless trimming. Fig. 2 represents in perspective a seamless band of cylindrical shape to fit the crown of the hat shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents in perspectiveafiat seamless band adapted to secure upon either side of the brim, orfor binding the brim by. folding its exterior over the edge of the same. Fig. 4 represents a cylindrical seamless band adapted for binding the edge of a hat brim by first pressing it into channel shape. Fig. 5 indicates such a channel shaped seamless binding with one edge broken away to show the channel form. Fig. 6 represents in section a womans hat with such a seamless binding secured upon the edge of the brim, a nap being shown upon the binding upon one side of the hat.

The hat crown a is shown in Fig. 1 provided with a seamless felt band (9. A similar band is shown detached in Fig. 2. The curled brim c of the hat is shown provided with a seamless binding d. Such binding is adapted when made of felt,.to be stitched to the edge of the brim before the latter is curled, the seamless binding being formed in a flat annular ring, as shown in Fig. 3, or of tubular shape as shown in Fig. 4. The fiat ring 6 shown in Fig. 3 would be made a little larger than the brim so as to fold over the edge of the same to which it would then be stitched. The hat brim with its binding would then be curled in its usual way. The tubular band cl shown in Fig. 4 may be folded over the edge of the hat brim by hand, or by suitable tools, but it is preferable to first press it into channel form as shown at d in Fig. 5, which can be readily efiected by suitable tools. After this, it may be stretched over the edge of the hat brim, and finally shrunk thereon by heat and moisture, which secure it firmly to the brim 0 without stitching.

Annular bands of felt are formed by dcpositing the fur upon a suitable perforated surface in the forming machines already well known, and then felting the fur into a suitable shape. The cylindrical bands like those shown in Figs. 2 and 4 may be formed upon a conical surface and stretched into the cylindrical shape, or they may be first made flat as indicated in Fig. 3, and stretched into the shape desired when heated and moistened in the ordinary manner. The band may be brought into the channel form shown in Fig. 5 while softened by heat and moisture, by first making a cylindrical band of smaller diameter and stretching the middle portion outward with suitable tools. The band being then fitted upon the edge of the hat brim, will, when cold, adhere firmly thereto by the shrinkage of the fibers, in a manner well known in the Working of felt. As the felt may be readily napped, the seamless bands furnish a convenient and economical means of providing the crown or edge of the brim with an ornamental flowing fur; thus, the edge of the brim may be bound with an annular napped binding, as indicated at d at the left side of Fig. 6. The crown of the hat may also be furnished with a napped band by the same means. Our invention thus furnishes a means of providing a hat crown or brim with a seamless annular napped trimming, and as such felt trimmings may be dyed of various colors they are adapted to form a contrast with the body of the hat, and are much better adapted to retain their color than trimmings of any other material. They are also better adapted to stand moisture and V seamless, and thus devoid of any kind of joint which would show upon the exterior of the hat.

Strips of felt and other material have also been bent into channel form for application to the edge of a hat brim; but such an operation is wholly different from the manufacture of the seamless channel-shaped band (1 shown in Fig. 5, which,by its seamless character and its felt material, is adapted to shrink upon the hat brim and to retain its place thereon without any fastening.

We hereby disclaim the use of felt except in the seamless form described and claimed herein, and we also disclaim any other class of seamless trimming, as for instance such Woven fabric as may be made upon a stocking 100111. All such woven fabrics are affected differently from felt when exposed to Wear and dampness, and do not thus perform the same functions as the felt trimmings.

By our invention we furnish a trimming which is absolutely homogeneous with the body of a felt hat, and is thus in better keeping with the hat both in its original finish and capacity for wear.

As our band is both endless and seamless it is readily distinguished from any heretofore used.

What we claim herein is- 1. Atrimming for ornamenting the exterior of a hat, consisting in a body of fur felted into an endless, integral, seamless band, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A hat trimming, consisting in a body of fur felted into a seamless and endless band of channel shape adapted to shrink upon the edge of a hat brim, as set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture, a hat trim ming consisting in a seamless and endless band of felt provided with a nap upon one side, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. As an article of manufacture,a hat trimming consisting in a seamless and endless band of felt in channel form, having a nap upon its outer side, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE YULE. WILLIAM A. BAGLIN. Witnesses:

R. M. CHESNEY, T. S. CRANE. 

